From April 2020 to June 2022, Masse received more than $41,000 in government benefits — only to later get a letter from the Canada Revenue Agency saying he wasn’t eligible for the money, and that he had to pay it back.

According to the CRA, Masse did not meet the minimum net earnings of $5,000.

“I was stunned. I couldn’t believe it,” said Masse. “I would have never applied for anything that I did not qualify for.”

In early 2024, after months of back and forth, the CRA agreed he was entitled to some of the money. But he remains on the hook for about $27,000.

  • tleb@lemmy.ca
    101·
    1 day ago

    why can’t we just consider this a trial project for UBI?

    Because it wasn’t UBI… the U is rather important there.

    Why is it that we go through so much trouble raking back money in these sorts of programs for little people but don’t seem to think twice when forgiving billions in debts for large corporations?

    I can only speak for myself here, but I am also very much against forgiving large corp debts